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===Greatest vertical drop=== {{further|List of tallest cliffs}} {| class="wikitable" | Greatest purely vertical drop || {{cvt|4100|ft|order=flip}}<br />[[Mount Thor]], [[Auyuittuq National Park]], [[Baffin Island]], [[Nunavut]], Canada (summit elevation {{convert|1675|m|abbr=on|0}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/03/mount-thor-the-greatest-vertical-drop-on-earth.html |title=Mount Thor -The Greatest Vertical Drop on Earth! |publisher=Dailygalaxy.com |date=9 March 2010 |access-date=25 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312051404/https://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/03/mount-thor-the-greatest-vertical-drop-on-earth.html |archive-date=March 12, 2010}}</ref><ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=4155|name=Thor Peak|access-date=30 November 2009}}</ref> || [[Image:Mount Thor Peak 1997-08-07.jpg|right|100px]] |- | Greatest nearly vertical drop || {{convert|1340|m|abbr=on|0}}<br />[[Trango Towers]], [[Gilgit-Baltistan|Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan ]] (summit elevation {{convert|6286|m|abbr=on|0}}) || [[Image:GreatTrango.jpg|right|100px]] |- | Greatest mountain face || {{convert|4600|m|abbr=on|0}} <br /> [[Nanga Parbat]], Rupal Face, [[Azad Kashmir|Azad Kashmir, Pakistan]] || [[File:Nanga Parbat Rupal Base camp, Gilgit Baltistan.JPG|right|100px]] |- | Greatest ocean cliff || [[Kermadec Trench]], with cliffs around {{convert|8000|m|abbr=on}} tall || [[File:Kermadec Arc.jpg|right|100px]] |}
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